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I am a 47 year old gay man who suffers from early onset Parkinson's disease. I have been writing poetry ever since I can remember. It is the way I make sense of life and my surroundings. I have been partnered for seven years to Kyle, to whom I consider myself married. I'm just waiting for the state I live in to wake up and acknowledge my right to at the very least a civil union.
Despite my illness, I still currently work and underwent DBS surgery for Parkinson's in September of 2007.
In college my poetry was honored for Creative Achievement by the English Dept for three consecutive years.
I currently am working on finding a publisher for my first volume of poetry, Barring Something Unforeseen: Poems of Love, Death and Parkinson's Disease, which I have just recently filed with the US Copyright Office in Washington, D.C.
I hope you will enjoy some of these poems as much as I've enjoyed writing them!
- Location:
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United States
- Primary occupation:
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proofreader
- Dream occupation:
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professional poet
- Hometown:
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Front Royal, Virginia
- Schools attended:
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James Madison University
- I like:
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honest, non-bigoted people
- Favorite writers:
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W,H. Auden, T.S. Eliot
- Favorite books:
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anything by Armistead Maupin, the prose of Judy Collins
- Favorite newspapers:
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Washington Post
- Favorite music:
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folk/rock i.e. Judy Collins, Janis Ian, Joan Baez, Amy Speace, Kathy Mattea, Don McLean, The Fray
- Favorite movies:
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NONE
- Favorite TV shows:
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I killed my television off years ago as my medical bills increased
- Favorite quote:
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"THERE'S A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW AND A PLACE CALLED HOME, AT THE END OF THE STORM. " -JUDY COLLINS, THE BLIZZARD
- Gender:
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Male
- Religion:
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Christian